The Cambridge History of American Literature, Vol. 1
Subtitle: 1590-1820 (The Cambridge History of American Literature)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: January 28, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 845
ISBN-13: 9780521585712
Subjects: Literary studies: 16th to 18th centuries; c 1500 to c 1600; c 1600 to c 1700; c 1700 to c 1800; c 1800 to c 1900; Literary Criticism; Literature - Classics / Criticism; American English; USA; Reference; American literature - History and criticism; Literary Criticism & Collections / American; History and criticism; American - General; American literature
First sentence: ON THE EVE of leaving the known world to circle the globe in quest of an empire, Christopher Columbus decided to write a book.